Exoplanets, Supernovae, High-Energy Sky, New Images Among NASA News Highlights at American Astronomical Society Meeting

NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of space science topics during the…

Cryogenic Testing Completed For NASA’s Webb Telescope Mirrors

Cryogenic testing is complete for the final six primary mirror segments and a secondary mirror that…

NASA Discovers First Earth-Size Planets Beyond Our Solar System

NASA's Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar…

SOFIA Observatory Peers Into Heart of Orion Nebula

A new image from NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) shows a complex distribution of…

NASA’s Kepler Announcing Newly Confirmed Planets

NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Dec. 20, announcing new discoveries…

SOFIA Observatory Peers Into Heart of Orion Nebula

A new image from NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) shows a complex distribution of…

NASA’s RXTE Detects ‘Heartbeat’ of Smallest Black Hole Candidate

An international team of astronomers has identified a candidate for the smallest-known black hole using data…

NASA’s Kepler Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-Like Star

NASA has announced a unique opportunity to ask the commander of the International Space Station a…

NASA Announcing Kepler Discoveries at Science Conference

NASA will host a news briefing at 8 a.m. PST, Monday, Dec. 5, to announce new…

Swift Finds a Gamma-Ray Burst With a Dual Personality

NASA and the Library of Congress have established the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA-Library of Congress chair…